Spaced Out!
Leaving Mexico late one afternoon we headed for Florida. Once again we had not booked anywhere to stay when we got to Miami. To make matters worse we were not planning to stay in a hotel or motel, we were going to camp. As you may have guessed we didn´t have a tent! So first job was to find a tent and then somewhere to sleep. As we had planned to visit the Kenedy Space Centre (KSC!) we headed north out of Miami and drove until it had been dark for several hours. Then by luck (actually it had more to do with my excellent map reading skills than luck!) we managed to find a national park to camp in. So we lit the fire and enjoyed an evening of BBQ and beer, I LOVE camping in America! 
After a very hot and uncomfortable night (this is Miami in summer) we headed for the KSC and it was amazing! We spent the day looking at shuttles, rockets, launch pads, parts of the international space station and being thrown around in the take off simulator! I couldn´t believe how large the place was or how big the rockets were. This is a picture of the shuttle preparation building, the flag that you see is the size of a football field!! Yes, it´s HUGE!
After a very hot and uncomfortable night (this is Miami in summer) we headed for the KSC and it was amazing! We spent the day looking at shuttles, rockets, launch pads, parts of the international space station and being thrown around in the take off simulator! I couldn´t believe how large the place was or how big the rockets were. This is a picture of the shuttle preparation building, the flag that you see is the size of a football field!! Yes, it´s HUGE!Fact of the day: If you were closer than 1km to the launch pad at launch the sound of the take off would kill you! WOW! Not sure if that would actually happen or if they were trying to make it sound cool! 
After the real world of space travel we headed to the very unreal world of Orlando and Universal studios. Now considering that I was not a fan of the whole American theme park thing prior to meeting Mary Poppins in California I was surprised to be going to another one so soon(especially as the memory of meeting Miss Poppins had faded by now!). I can say however that once again I was blown away and had an amazing day, meeting spider man, the Xmen, Betty Boo (she was hot!), all the characters from Scooby doo (hey SCOOB!), Bart Simpson and the Grinch. The weather was amazing and rides out of this world. Although I was very, very disappointed to find that the back to the future ride had been shut and was being replaced by the Simpson's ride. RUBBISH! I was looking forward to hitting 88 mph and all that, however the car was still there so at least I got to see that.
Over all a fantastic couple of days in Florida topped off with amazing weather!
After the real world of space travel we headed to the very unreal world of Orlando and Universal studios. Now considering that I was not a fan of the whole American theme park thing prior to meeting Mary Poppins in California I was surprised to be going to another one so soon(especially as the memory of meeting Miss Poppins had faded by now!). I can say however that once again I was blown away and had an amazing day, meeting spider man, the Xmen, Betty Boo (she was hot!), all the characters from Scooby doo (hey SCOOB!), Bart Simpson and the Grinch. The weather was amazing and rides out of this world. Although I was very, very disappointed to find that the back to the future ride had been shut and was being replaced by the Simpson's ride. RUBBISH! I was looking forward to hitting 88 mph and all that, however the car was still there so at least I got to see that.Over all a fantastic couple of days in Florida topped off with amazing weather!
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